Matthew 27:48

And straightway one of them ran and took a sponge ,.... Which was not far from the cross, where a vessel full of vinegar was set, John 19:29 ,

and filled it with vinegar ; dipping it into it, it sucked it up. Some of these sponges had leathern handles to them. F18 Misn. Sabbat, c. 21. sect. 3. .

And put it on a reed ; a stalk of hyssop; See Gill on John 19:29 ,

and gave him to drink ; not to revive his spirits, or hasten his death, as some have thought, but in contempt of him, and to mock him, he having signified that he was athirst,